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Using Graphene Foam To Filter Toxins From Drinking Water

MIT-led research team fashions graphene foam into device that can extract uranium and other heavy metals from tap water.

This Touchy-Feely Glove Senses And Maps Tactile Stimuli

The design could help restore motor function after stroke, enhance virtual gaming experiences.

New Method Opens The Door To Efficient Genome Writing In Bacteria

Technique for editing bacterial genomes can record interactions between cells, may offer a way to edit genes in the human microbiome.

Criticism with Care Is More Persuasive

When unethical behavior is criticized, demands are often met with defensiveness and denial. How can we overcome this reaction? New research from the University of Zurich demonstrates that criticism is more persuasive when it is expressed with concern for the welfare of those being criticized.

How Are Epilepsy And Autism Linked?

UC Riverside and Rutgers University scientists explore this question in a study on mice

New Device Can Diagnose Covid-19 From Saliva Samples

The tabletop diagnostic yields results in an hour and can be programmed to detect variants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus.

GPT-3 Informs and Disinforms Us Better

Compared to humans, artificial intelligence (AI) language models produce accurate tweets that are easier to understand and tweets containing disinformation that are harder to detect, according to a recent study from the University of Zurich. While these results can be leveraged to create more effective information campaigns, they also highlight the need to mitigate the risks connected to AI.

Flame Retardants Linked To Autistic-Like Behavior

UC Riverside-led study shows maternal transfer of PBDEs causes brain changes in female mice offspring

Individual Whale, Dolphin ID Using Facial Recognition Tech

A new tool uses facial recognition technology to identify individual whales and dolphins in the wild across 24 species.

Elusive Atmospheric Molecule Produced In A Lab For The 1st Time By UH

The previously elusive methanediol molecule of importance to the organic, atmospheric science and astrochemistry communities has been synthetically produced for the first time by University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa researchers.

Puakō Sewage Runoff Leads To Wastewater Treatment Plant Recommendation

Puakō, on the west side of Hawaiʻi Island, is in great need of a wastewater treatment plant, according to a team of researchers at the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo studying the impact of local sewage systems on coastal water quality.

Discharge Of Precious Groundwater Impacted By Sea Level, Ocean Tides

Groundwater is a vital resource for humans and ecosystems. Submarine groundwater discharge is a process by which water exits coastal aquifers and enters the ocean

Apollo Sample Reveals New Information On Moon’s Evolution, Cooling

Sophisticated analysis of a rock sample taken from the Moon during the Apollo 17 mission nearly 50 years ago revealed new information about the complex cooling and evolutionary history of the Moon.

Extreme Weather Changes Predicted By Unprecedented Model Simulations

There is growing public awareness that climate change will impact society not only through changes in mean temperatures and rainfall over the 21st century, but also in the occurrence of more pronounced extreme events, and more generally in natural variability in the Earth system

Ocean Wilderness Areas Key To Sustaining Fish Populations

Remote ocean wilderness areas are located more than four hours from people and more than nine hours of travel distance from urban markets

Artificial Intelligence To Detect Skin Cancer

A study identifying new ways to detect skin cancer using artificial intelligence (AI) has been conducted by researchers from the University of Hawaiʻi Cancer Center.

Origins Of Earth’s Water Could Be Solved In Space Dust Analysis

A key mystery about the origins of Earth’s water may have been solved after an international team of scientists uncovered persuasive new evidence pointing to an unlikely culprit—the Sun.

UH-Discovered Asteroid Could Be A Chunk Of The Moon

A near-Earth asteroid about the size of a Ferris wheel first detected in 2016 by the University of Hawaiʻi Institute for Astronomy (IfA)-operated Panoramic Survey Telescope and Rapid Response System (Pan-STARRS) may shed some light on the early Solar System.

Bio-Inspired, Blood-Repelling Tissue Glue Could Seal Wounds Quickly

A new adhesive that mimics the sticky substance barnacles use to cling to rocks may offer a better way to treat traumatic injuries.

Extraterrestrial Objects Likely Delayed Complex Life On Earth

Study: large asteroids prevented oxygen buildup in our atmosphere